On 13-Mar-2001 Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:55:30PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 11:17:10AM -0800, Brian Frederick Kimball wrote:
>> > Adam Langley (author of the patch) has privately suggested
>> >
>> > "The author of this PDF has requested that you don't [copy
>> > text|print]. Use the -ignoreperms option to do this"
>> >
>> > which I think is fine.
>>
>> Hmm, such a message would confuse me if I got it. It seems words
>> missing somehow. There should at least be an "anyway" at the end,
>> to make clear that "do this" doesn't mean "honour the request".
>
> I agree. I like the following:
>
> "The author of this PDF has requested that you don't [copy
> text from|print] this document. Use the -ignoreperms option
> to ignore this request."
>
> Any objections?
>
> Lots of slashdotters think we are being hypocritical if we implement this.
> I disagree since we're not making it the default. Anyone else?
I agree with you, it's up to the user to obey legal restrictions where they
apply.
> Hamish
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